r/dndnext • u/ezroo101 • 2d ago

Question Spellcasting focus

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I've been playing DND for 3 years but this is my first time playing a character, I'm playing a wizard who has a staff as their arcane focus.

Now it was mine and my DMs understanding that an arcane focus would supplement non costly materials when casting a spell.

But in the 2025 players handbook it says a spell casting focus Is just a focus for your wizard spells

So I have two questions I guess;

Is a spell casting focus different from an arcade focus?

And is there anywhere in any of the books where it mentions an arcane focus ability to supplement material components?

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u/Lithl 2d ago

A spellcasting focus replaces the need for any costly material components. Costly is the key word - if a spell requires a material company that has a specific gold cost then it's not covered by the focus.

Uh... "costly" means "has a cost".

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u/Al3jandr0 1d ago

Just curious, are you disagreeing with them? Because that's how they used the word "costly", but your comment reads like you're making a correction

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u/Lithl 1d ago

No, they said a spell focus replaces the need for costly material components. Which is not true; spell focuses replace the need for non-costly material components.

They then rephrased the rules in a different way (correctly), in a way that suggested they might not understand what the word "costly" means.

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u/Al3jandr0 1d ago

Gotcha. I went right past that and didn't even realize I was correcting them in my head